01 Record
CVE-2014-5336
Monkey HTTP Server before 1.5.3, when the File Descriptor Table (FDT) is enabled and custom error messages are set, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption)
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Monkey HTTP Server before 1.5.3, when the File Descriptor Table (FDT) is enabled and custom error messages are set, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption)
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 83.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-08-26 14:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 11:41Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-08-18
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b68aeb726e6088618d287bfa1d83730209cfe4aeeb27a95361487b3acbc85d61
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commonkey-webserver-dos(95336)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95336
- www.securityfocus.com69279http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69279
- secunia.com60783http://secunia.com/advisories/60783
- monkey-project.comhttp://monkey-project.com/Announcements/v1.5.3
- github.comhttps://github.com/monkey/monkey/commit/b2d0e6f92310bb14a15aa2f8e96e1fb5379776dd
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20140818 CVE request / advisory: Monkey web server <= v1.5.2http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/397
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20140819 Re: CVE request / advisory: Monkey web server <= v1.5.2http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/412